6. Saleen S7

2000-’06Saleen’s mid-engined S7 is the President Obama of all-time American cars because it broke barriers with a resounding “yes we can” (and try as some might to prove otherwise, the S7 was American-born also). Offered with naturally aspirated or twin-turbo V8s, the car had the visual punch of European competitors and easily ran with them — often outrunning them — on the road and in racing. Yet, it wasn’t desperate for obsessive worship or maintenance like most other supercars. Yes, it did. We wish it still did.